drone campaign and how the obama administration is using it is sparking controversy and criticism. critics are saying, there are virtually no checks and balances and some go as far as to say it gives the president a license to kill. joining us now to talk more about the drone program as well as new revelations about syria, author, journalist and terrorism expert gabriel. we have a lot to talk about and let's go first to the drone program and great to have you here today. >> thank you, glad to be with you. >> what did you make of the fact that this information was revealed to the public, that the obama campaign, the white house has had its own campaign in place and that it could actually target americans if it so chose to do so? >> well, it's finally showing a standard. i mean, here are the democrats in this administration, that are adamant against the bush administration policies when it comes to national security, and even waterboarding. and look what we are doing now. so, we had a problem with waterboarding under president bush, but president obama had no problem whatsoever in ac